Example Of Anecdote

anecdote

A short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or
person

An account regarded as unreliable or hearsay

short account of an incident (especially a biographical one)

An anecdote is a short and amusing or interesting story about a real
incident or person. It may be as brief as the setting and provocation of a bon
mot. An anecdote is always presented as based on a real incident involving
actual persons, whether famous or not, usually in an identifiable place.

The depiction of a minor narrative incident in a painting

The Anecdote (L?tif?, Анекдот) is a full-length Azerbaijani film shot in
Baku in 1989. Made in the tragic comedy genre, this film is about the
dysfunctional Soviet management system in Azerbaijan SSR at the end of 1980s and
about the decadence and corruption of the Soviet bureaucracy.

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anecdote - Famous Examples

Famous Examples Vol. I: Anecdotes, Trivia and For-Instances from Life and
Literature

Welcome to Famous Examples, a grab-bag of
largely useless but often entertaining information.

Famous Examples is a
reference book, a trivia book, a book of lists, a book of anecdotes, all in a
format so nuggety that once you start reading, it’s hard to stop. As one reader
said, “You eat ‘em like peanuts!”

You can probably spend your entire life
without actually needing this material. But if you’re a writer or speaker, there
may be times when you want a good example or a famous for-instance to illustrate
or sharpen a point. Famous Examples will be your guide!

A
comprehensive index of names and important terms is included for easy reference
or illuminative browsing. Each index term is linked directly to its
corresponding passage in the book — just click and go.

ABOUT THE
AUTHOR

Myles Callum is a freelance writer, former magazine editor (TV
Guide, Better Homes and Gardens) and author of two previous books. He is a
veteran puzzle creator whose crosswords and other puzzles have been published in
The New York Times, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, Brain Games books and
numerous newspapers.

Jai Ganesha ..

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ganesha
(Sanskrit: ????; IAST: Ga?esa; listen (help·info)), also spelled Ganesa, also
known as Ganapati (Sanskrit: ?????, IAST: ga?apati), Vinayaka (Sanskrit: ??????;
IAST: Vinayaka), and Pillaiyar (Tamil: ??????????), is one of the deities
best-known and most widely worshipped in the Hindu pantheon.[5] His image is
found throughout India and Nepal.[6] Hindu sects worship him regardless of
affiliations.[7] Devotion to Ganesha is widely diffused and extends to Jains,
Buddhists, and beyond India.[8] Although he is known by many other attributes,
Ganesha's elephant head makes him particularly easy to identify.[9] Ganesha is
widely revered as the Remover of Obstacles[10] and more generally as Lord of
Beginnings and Lord of Obstacles (Vighnesha (Sanskrit: ???????; IAST: Vighnesa),
Vighneshvara (Sanskrit: ??????????; IAST: Vighnesvara),[11] patron of arts and
sciences, and the deva of intellect and wisdom.[12] He is honoured at the
beginning of rituals and ceremonies and invoked as Patron of Letters during
writing sessions.[13] Several texts relate mythological anecdotes associated
with his birth and exploits and explain his distinct iconography. Ganesha
emerged as a distinct deity in clearly recognizable form in the 4th and 5th
centuries CE, during the Gupta Period, although he inherited traits from Vedic
and pre-Vedic precursors.[14] His popularity rose quickly, and he was formally
included among the five primary deities of Smartism (a Hindu denomination) in
the 9th century. A sect of devotees called the Ganapatya (Sanskrit: ???????;
IAST: ga?apatya), who identified Ganesha as the supreme deity, arose during this
period.[15] The principal scriptures dedicated to Ganesha are the Ganesha
Purana, the Mudgala Purana, and the Ganapati Atharvashirsa. Ganesha has many
other titles and epithets, including Ganapati and Vighneshvara. The Hindu title
of respect Shri (Sanskrit: ????; IAST: sri; also spelled Sri or Shree) is often
added before his name. One popular way Ganesha is worshipped is by chanting a
Ganesha Sahasranama, a litany of "a thousand names of Ganesha". Each name in the
sahasranama conveys a different meaning and symbolises a different aspect of
Ganesha. At least two different versions of the Ganesha Sahasranama exist; one
version is drawn from the Ganesha Purana, a Hindu scripture venerating
Ganesha.[17] The name Ganesha is a Sanskrit compound, joining the words gana
(Sanskrit: ??; IAST: ga?a), meaning a group, multitude, or categorical system
and isha (Sanskrit: ??; IAST: isa), meaning lord or master.[18] The word gana
when associated with Ganesha is often taken to refer to the ganas, a troop of
semi-divine beings that form part of the retinue of Shiva (IAST: Siva).[19] The
term more generally means a category, class, community, association, or
corporation.[20] Some commentators interpret the name "Lord of the Ganas" to
mean "Lord of Hosts" or "Lord of created categories", such as the elements.[21]
Ganapati (Sanskrit: ?????; IAST: ga?apati), a synonym for Ganesha, is a compound
composed of ga?a, meaning "group", and pati, meaning "ruler" or "lord".[20] The
Amarakosha,[22] an early Sanskrit lexicon, lists eight synonyms of Ganesha :
Vinayaka, Vighnaraja (equivalent to Vignesha), Dvaimatura (one who has two
mothers),[23] Ga?adhipa (equivalent to Ganapati and Ganesha), Ekadanta (one who
has one tusk), Heramba, Lambodara (one who has a pot belly, or, literally, one
who has a hanging belly), and Gajanana (IAST: gajanana); having the face of an
elephant).[24] Vinayaka (Sanskrit: ??????; IAST: vinayaka) is a common name for
Ganesha that appears in the Pura?as and in Buddhist Tantras.[25] This name is
reflected in the naming of the eight famous Ganesha temples in Maharashtra known
as the Ashtavinayak (a??avinayaka).[26] The names Vighnesha (Sanskrit: ???????;
IAST: vighnesa) and Vighneshvara (Sanskrit: ??????????; vighnesvara) (Lord of
Obstacles)[11] refers to his primary function in Hindu mythology as the master
and remover of obstacles (vighna).[27] A prominent name for Ganesha in the Tamil
language is Pille (Tamil: ??????) or Pillaiyar (??????????) (Little Child).[28]
A. K. Narain differentiates these terms by saying that pille means a "child"
while pillaiyar means a "noble child". He adds that the words pallu, pella, and
pell in the Dravidian family of languages signify "tooth or tusk", also
"elephant tooth or tusk".[29] Anita Raina Thapan notes that the root word pille
in the name Pillaiyar might have originally meant "the young of the elephant",
because the Pali word pillaka means "a young elephant".[30] In the Burmese
language, Ganesha is known as Maha Peinne (?????????, pronounced: [m?ha
pei?ne]), derived from Pali Maha Winayaka (?????????).[31] The widespread name
of Ganesha in Thailand is Phra Phikanet or Phra Phikanesuan, both of whi

Modern sculpture

I was told my photos need more pointless
anecdotes, so here you go... I don't remember how I ended up in sculpture class
in college, maybe drawing was full or maybe I was tired of buying the endless
supplies required for painting. Our little class consisted of a few studio art
majors, a group of frat boys looking for a few easy arts credits, and a couple
of bewildered passersby such as myself. The first half of the class was an
additive figure study - basically globbing clay onto an pre-made wire armature.
Our model, a paunchy 50s bald guy, must not have been terribly inspiring because
our classroom persisted in looking like Giacometti's studio, with stiff,
emaciated figures everywhere. We all perked up for the second subtractive part
of the class, however, when we got to carve abstract designs out of blocks of
plaster of paris, which had been set in half-gallon milk cartons. The fun thing
about plaster is that, unlike stone for example, you can just mix a little up in
a paper cup and stick some back on if you screw up. Enthusiastically embracing
this technique, I attempted to create a whirling mass of outlandish curves. Yet
as the lobes of plaster rose higher and higher, I could still see that plain old
milk carton-shaped block of plaster inside at its heart, mocking me... While I
can't claim to have been inspired by Henry Moore, I do admire his use of
negative space, which was startlingly demonstrated on the day I took this
picture when I saw a woman disappear into the crevasse between the two halves of
this sculpture. Alas, I was unable to capture the moment, as shooting this piece
(at least during the hours the museum is open) involves a photographic game of
Frogger, timing your shots around the passing taxi cabs and trucks. My favorite
part is the blown end, as it reminds me of the Matisse cut-outs safely housed in
one of the I.M. Pei's triangular towers above this piece.

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